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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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